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‘Several’ US fighter jets crash over Kuwait, military confirms
(www.the-independent.com)
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Does the US still use F-15s in combat operations?
Yes the President likes the name
I chortled
Only because he thinks it's the answer to ASL.
F-/15/E = Female/15/Epsteins Island
Yes, it's in active service and has been modernized multiple times since its introduction. Are you asking because the plane was first introduced such a long time ago?
Yes that is probably why they are asking
Maybe it's because the draft age is an F-18?
F-18 is too old for trump, he likes his Fs around 13.
It is indeed. Mainly because I'm from Australia, so my very weak knowledge of the subject extended to knowing that the RAAF thinks even FA-18s are too old to use. Kind of a shame, btw, they are the best to have zooming loudly over you at barely safe heights above the War Memorial on Anzac Day.
Have you seen others to compare? I've seen both the Blue Angels (F/A-18s) and Thunderbird (F-16s) and both feel the same when #6 sneaks away to shock and awe you from behind at Mach 0.8 while the noob does a near-stall smile and wave routine in the main stage
I, for one, thought they were supposed to have been replaced in the US by the F-22 and/or F-35 and therefore assumed they were only still being used by other countries.
Honestly, I didn't realize how many F-35s were already in service. I thought we were still at the beginning of their rollout. But it turns out we have more F-35s than F-15s at this point.
The F-22, while totally awesome, was never really going to be the primary fighter for the airforce, it's just too damn expensive.
And the F-16, that'll probably be in service for decades still. It's just so good at what it does at a relatively low cost per unit. The F-35 can take point, spot targets and relay targeting data, and the F-16s can use that to fire missiles from extreme range. It's a pretty good system really.
It's the mainstay of the US airforce. We can't all fly F-22s or stealth bombers.
LOL at the F-35 erasure.
I like to refer to it as the Lockheed Windows XP plane
Yes, and especially the F-15E.
F-35s are shit.
JFC.. I need to provide links for everything obvious. At one point, Lockheed delivered them without functional radar. These planes are so shit Lockheed has been locked out of the next competition.
https://simpleflying.com/problem-lockheed-martin-delivering-f-35s/
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-u-s-navys-largest-supercarrier-cant-launch-the-f-35c-stealth-fighters/
https://www.twz.com/air/air-force-now-denies-receiving-f-35s-without-radars
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-35-troubles-knock-lockheed-martin-out-of-the-sixth-gen-aircraft-competitions
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/f-35-hits-new-low-8th-pentagon-audit-failure-tied-to-stealth-jets-238-day-delays-unaccounted-spares/
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Ok, so your second link, about the carrier not able to launch F-35s, you do realize that isn't a problem with the F-35, right? The article states that the capability requires a major refit, but that refit hasn't occurred because the carrier is still on what may have been the longest carrier deployment in history. So they just haven't had a chance to do the refit. I don't see how you could say that's a problem with the aircraft.
And your third link about F-35 shipping without radar, that appears to not actually be happening, at all. Just according to the very article you linked. Did you read the article right?
So the program has gone on a long time and it has gone way over budget, that's all quite true, I doubt anyone would dispute that.
But some of your sources here are just bad, they aren't really supporting your position.